Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 (À Thérèse)

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After a pause of four years, Beethoven returned to the piano sonatas genre in 1809. Unlike its predecessor, the F minor Sonata op. 57 (the “Appassionata”), this work strikes a new and lyrically cantabile tone that must have been the reason for its tradition-breaking two-movement structure; a slow middle movement would not have provided the necessary contrast to the outer ones. Just as unusual as the key of opus 78 is its four-measure Adagio introduction; this does not directly refer to the subsequent motifs and themes, and serves no other purpose than to “conjure up the atmosphere of the entire sonata in our hearts”.

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Publisher: Henle Urtext Edition
Publisher Code: HN1312
Publication Date: 10/2016
Credits: (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner, fing. Conrad Hansen)
Medium: Softcover
Pages: 12
Length: 12.25 in.
Width: 9.25 in.
Series: Henle Music Folios
Piano Level: Advanced